Portamento Definition

pôrtə-mĕntō
portamenti, portamentos
noun
A continuous gliding from one note to another, sounding intervening tones; glide.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Portamento

Noun

Singular:
portamento
Plural:
portamenti, portamentos

Origin of Portamento

  • Italian from portare to carry from Latin portāre per-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian portamento, from portare (“bear, carry").

    From Wiktionary

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PPOPOR

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OTONTO

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